Improvement in metal roofing



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Be it knownthat 1,-Tuo1uas GAMER, of Niles, in

i vented certain .uewanduseful ;[mpr'ovements` iu Metallic Roofing, ofwhich the following is a specificalon.` i i Figure l is an Vupper side`View of the roofing.

\ Figure 2, an under-side view.`

j Figure4 3, an end view;

Like letters of reference referto like parts in the different views.V

- of laying metallic sheet roofing'upon bui1dings,'so that the overlapof the sheets shall be close, secure, and gfrteasy construction,substantially as' hereinafter set i o l y -Inthe drawiug,`lig.1 y frepresents a` corrugated sheet of` metal, which 1 may be of'` anyparticular size and shape.

i At the end of eachute of" the under sideoi said sheet is secured-byits baselor'wide end, a tongue, B, whereas t-he pointed end is free,leaving :t space between it and the sheet, as shown in iig. ,3;-

\ tongues, whereas'the upper end is pierced with `holes a.

The manner-of laying the' sheets is as follows `Beginning attire lowerpart or eaves of the roofa i, sheet, O, is iirst laid' and nailedfto`the roof-boards by inserting the nails in thc;holesa,"above referredto.

l by having the lower end thereof overlap the upperv end ofthe sheet(lftherebyvcovering the heads ofthe nails whereby it is secured to theroof-boards.-

The lower end -of the` second sheet A is held in i l by means of thetongues B,`the ends of whichproject into .theeorresponding utes of thelower sheet, as i shown in fig.'3, thereby'holding the second sheet AruoMAs centran,

. the county of Trumbull and` State of Ohio,have in- The nature of thisiuvention'relatcs-to V:the rnanner,

i, (1 he underside ofthe lower :end of each sheet corriposing the roofis alike provided with av series' of A second sheet, A, next iu orderabove, is now laidplace, and in close contact with the first-laid sheetC,

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i i Letters Patent o. 104,553,"Zated Imw'21, 1870.

IMPRovEMBN'r IN METAL Roormct.

closely and securely down upon the upper end of the first sheet, andcovering the nails, thereby protecting them from exposure to rain andconsequent leakage.

The' upper end of the second sheetA is nailed-to the roof-boards in likemanner aswas the rst one C.'

A third sheet is now secured to the second 'in the saule way, byinserting its lower edge between the up- In this manner of laying theshcetsvprovision is made'for-thelr contraction and expansion resultingfrom the variable temperature of the weather.

The Asheets not being rigidly connected to each other, but siinplyattached by the tongues, allow of their separate and individualcontraction and expan-` sion, so that no extraordinary strain is exertedupon theirfastenings, and consequent breaking away of the sheetstherefrom, nor can they crinkle audwarp out of place, foreach sheet willslide .upon thc other at their junction,asrthey are closely but notrigidly coni Flat sheets of roofing may also be connected to cach otherby means of tongues, viz: by inserting the upper end of one sheetbetween the lower end and tongue of the next, in order as vabovedescribed.-

What I claim as my improvement, and desir-cito secure by Letters Patent,is-

The tongue B, iu combination with the sheet A, iu the .mannersubstantially as described, and for the purpose set forth. i

THOMAS CARTER.' Witnesses: v

vW. H. BURRIDGE;

J .f H. BUBRIDGE.

